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v9 of AJCC staging for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs):

* separates poorly differentiated NEC from grade 3 GEP-NETs

* recommends AGAINST checking chromogranin A

* includes endoscopic staging of T1NxM0

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My wife, hearing that I was giving this presentation: 'what are you going to teach them? how to self-diagnose a hereditary tumor syndrome and then build an online persona around it?!' 😂 #facts

My fellowship program Mayo Clinic Hematology-Oncology Fellowship wanted a talk by an 'esteemed alumnus' but, due to an email glitch, got me

Regardless I tried to teach that there is no substitute for embodied experience, that 'manageable toxicity' is in the eye of the patient, and to d/c NGT when possible!

So if Walmart can’t make healthcare profitable, maybe we should consider medicine differently than retail? 🤔

M/T GamER MD

Adjudicating proper medical care should take longer than a Formula 1 pitstop

This is the very definition of ruthless efficiency

Thank you for Adaira Landry, MD MEd Forbes for continuing to shine a light on the scourge that is early-onset colorectal cancer, cc: Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH Austin Chiang, MD MPH FASGE FACG #crcsm #ayacsm

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Fantastic morning at #PurpleStride for ⁦PanCAN⁩ with my ⁦IntermountainMedCtr⁩ oncology teammates! We are seeing real progress against the wretched scourge that is pancreatic cancer #pancsm

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE I AM STILL JUST A

Becoming a licensed cosmetologist in my state requires *1600* hours of training at an accredited beauty school

I am supportive of NPs as partners in extending care but you are weakening, not strengthening the case for their clinical competence (1/20th of Gladwell's 'mastery'?!)

In my training was taught that 'KRAS is undruggable' but that's no longer true (and makes me increasingly inclined to look for actionable targets in PDAC in particular) #pancsm

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.Tyler Johnson, a gifted writer in his own right, pays posthumous tribute to the selfless words of Melissa Inouye, who strenuously rejected the notion that “good people” are immune to “bad things” and framed her corporeal affliction as a “sacred struggle”

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